To close the year, Tuttle Yick Client Otek Builders, the general contractor for several WeWork projects around New York City, obtained a sweeping victory on appeal before the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. The Second Department panel, reversing the Staten Island trial court, dismissed over $2 million in claims by Mikoma Technology of Power and Lights Wiring and Control (“Mikoma Tech”), holding that Mikoma Tech could not recover against Otek under a contract or quasi-contract theory and had forfeited its right to assert and foreclose on its mechanics’ liens because Mikoma Tech did not have a license to perform electrical work in New York City in compliance with its Administrative Code. Tuttle Yick managing partner Greg Tuttle served as lead counsel and argued the appeal.
A copy of the decision can be found here.